Unit 8 When is your birthday?Section B 2 (3a-Self Check) Teaching aims:1.Language objects:(1) Key words: there Children's Day，National Day，Women's Day，New Year's Day，have a goodtime(2) Key sentences:When is Children's Day?When is National Day?When is Women's Day?When is New Year's Day?2.Ability objects:(1) Students are able to talk about birthday and other events to exchange thepersonal information.(2) Students are able to improve their writing ability.(3) Students are able to speak and write the dates correctly.(4) Be able to talk about the events and arrange the time reasonably.(5) Be able to read and write a note.第 1 页


3. Moral objects:(1) Cultivate students’ confidence. (2) Be able to love life and love parents.Teaching difficult and important points:(1) The key vocabulary and the key sentences.(2) Learn and master the new words and phrases.(3) Be able to express and write the dates correctly.(4) Develop students writing ability.(5) Be able to talk about the events and arrange the time reasonably.(6) Be able to read and write a note.Teaching methods:Speaking listening and pair workTeaching aids:Multimedia Teaching procedures:Step 1: Warming-up (1) Daily greetings to students.(2) Warming-up and revision.1.Review the school activities. Let some Ss say all the school activities they know. S1: basketball game, volleyball game, soccer game, tennis game, school trip, art festival… S2: School Day, Sports Day, English Day, book sale, English test, party…2. Then let some Ss report what activities they like and dislike.第 2 页


① S1: My friend's name is Xiao Fang. What does she like to do?
② S1: She likes English. 第 3 页
(Tell Ss to use the sentence structure: I like …, but I don't like…) S1: I like basketball game, volleyball game and soccer game, but I don't like English Day, booksale, English test or party. S2: I like tennis game, school trip and art festival, but I don't like Sports Day, English Day or booksale. 3. Ask and answer about the activities in your school like this? S1: Do you have a soccer game? S2: Yes, we do. S1: When is it? S2: It's on October 28th. Ss ask and answer about the activities in pairs. Step 2: WritingDo 3a.1. Guo Pen gives Alan a note, but some of the words are missing. Can you guess what words theyare. Read the note carefully and complete the note with the words in the box. First let's read the wordsin the box and make you know the meaning of every word.2. Let some Ss read the words in the box. Then let other Ss say the meaning of the words.3. Ss read and fill in the note. Then check the answers. 4. Let Ss try to remember the note and retell it to the class.Step 3: WritingTask 3b.1. T: Our school has an English party next week. It's on November 12th. Can you write your friend toour school English party? First answer my questions to help you. What is your friend's name?


③ S1: We have an English party. When is the party?
④ S1: It's on November 12th. 2. T: Well, write a note with the help of the answers above. S1: OK. Dear Xiao Fang, Do you like English? Please come to our school next week. We have an English party. It's onNovember 12th. See you there! Da Ming.3. T: Very good. Now, please answer the questions in the chart first. Then with the help of theanswers, write your own note to a friend. Invite him/her to an activity in your school. (Ss write a note by themselves. Then exchange their notes with their partners. Check each other'snotes.)4. Let some Ss read their notes to the class. Step 4: Self Check 1Do self check11. T: Now let's review the cardinal numbers and ordinal numbers. First, let's recite them. Your partnerrecites the ordinal numbers, you recite the cardinal numbers. Then you recite the ordinal numbers,your partner recites the cardinal numbers. (Ss do as the teacher asks.)2. T: Now look at Self check 1. Complete the chart with the correct forms of the numbers. 3. Check the answers with the class.Step 5: Self Check 2Do self check21. (Show some pictures of holidays on the screen.)T: We have many holidays in China. For example: Picture 1: Children's Day Ss: 儿童节第 4 页
What activity do you have in your school?


T: Picture 2: National Day Ss: 国庆节（Show other pictures, let Ss know Women's Day, New Year's Day, Labors' Day, Teachers'Day…）2. Ask the dates about the holidays. T: When is Children's Day? S1: It's on June 1st. T: When is National Day?S2: It's on October 1st. T: Now let's look at Self check 2. Write the dates for these holidays in China.3. Check the answers with the Ss. Step 6: surveyT: What other holidays in China or in other foreign countries you know. First, list the holidays youknow. Then ask and answer the dates about them with your partner. S1：the Spring Festival 春节（农历正月初一） the Lantern Festival 元宵节（农历正月十五） Army Day 建军节（8月1日） the Mid-autumn Festival 中秋节（农历八月十五）S2: St. Valentine’s Day 情人节（2月14日）April Fool’s Day 愚人节（4月1日） Mother’s Day 母亲节（5月份的第2个星期天）Father’s Day 父亲节（6月份的第3个星期天） Christmas Day 圣诞节（12月25日）Then ask and answer about the dates of them: S1: When is Arm Day?S2: It's on August 1st. When is Christmas Day?S1: It's on December 25th.Step 7: Language points (grammar) and summary1．School Day，English Day，Sports Day这几个词组为专有名词，所以每个单词的首字母都要大写。第 5 页


2．On September 21st，we have a school trip in the afternoon.have a school trip 意为：举行学校旅游。类似的还有：举行艺术节 have an art festival举行售书活动 have a book sale3．This is a really busy term.busy是形容词，其用法如下：(1)放在名词前修饰名词。eg：Mr.Green is a very busy teacher.(2)be busy doing sth.忙于做某事eg：Tom is busy studying English now.4．have a good time 玩得高兴同义词组：have a great time，have funStep 8: Homework1．Finish the exercise in exercise book.2．Review the words and sentences.Blackboard designUnit 8　When is your birthday?Section B　3aSelf CheckWe have some interesting and fun things for you this term.On September 21st，we have a school trip in the afternoon.第 6 页